If Mr. Pride gets a wound in the head',

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"Some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry.
But others preach about Christ with pure motives."
Phil. 1:15

I hope I can rejoice in the Lord's blessing the labours 
of other good men. It is indeed a sad spirit when 
ministers are jealous of each other, and would 
rather cavil and find fault with each other, instead 
of desiring that the blessing of God might rest 
upon them and their labours. Oh that miserable 
spirit of detraction and envy, which would gladly 
pull others down, that we might stand as it were, 
a little higher upon their bodies! Where is there any . . .
true humility of mind,
simplicity of spirit,
brotherly love, or
an eye to God's glory, 
when this wretched spirit is indulged?

If Mr. Pride gets a wound in the head, it will
not be the worse for the grace of humility.